Histoire Generale des Races Humaines
by A. De Quatrefages & A. Hennuyer (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Paris: A. Hennuyer, 1887. Half green leather & marbled paper over boards, gilt spine title on black leather label, raised bands, marbled endpapers / pastedown, two fold-outs, & many lovely engraved illustrations in the text; A good solid copy with a fair amount of light foxing mostly in the margins, & some loss of paper from back board; Handsome bookplate of Joseph A. Sadony (mystic) inside front board; 283 pages.. 6"x9.5".
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Raven Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CM12321
- Title
- Histoire Generale des Races Humaines
- Author
- A. De Quatrefages & A. Hennuyer (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. Hennuyer
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1887
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- Size
- 6"x9.5"
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Raven Books
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Ypsilanti, Michigan
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...